Index Investing

Vanguard’s VXF Captured 194% Over 10 Years While Holding Stocks the S&P 500 Ignores

Most index investors own the S&P 500 and think they own “the market.” They don’t. The S&P 500 covers roughly 500 of the largest U.S. companies, leaving out several thousand mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks that make up a meaningful slice of total U.S. equity value. Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VXF) exists ... Vanguard’s VXF Captured 194% Over 10 Years While Holding Stocks the S&P 500 Ignores